Author: blass uri
Date: 03:54:28 12/23/99
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On December 23, 1999 at 06:05:10, Graham Laight wrote: >On December 22, 1999 at 21:42:53, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>> hmm Strange that a man of Science such as yourself would go on "feeling" and >>>no facts. Schredder 4 just got finish Drawing Karpov at 40/2, so they could very >>>well be near 2700, although I doubt it. By the way what is your rating? I would >>>like to know how much chess knowledge is behind these "feelings" >>> >>> >> >> >>I had a provisional rating of just over 2200. But that was provisional. I >>never played in the needed 24 games. I have played a FM on ICC (used to play >>him pretty regularly) and generally broke even with him. I'd guess he was >>really a 2000-2100 FIDE player as he was not playing much tournament chess >>when he was on ICC. >> >>I have a pretty good 'feeling' about the game. And a lot of my 'feelings' >>about how computers play come from both personal observation, plus lots of >>discussion with players _far_ stronger than I am, a couple of them being GMs >>and a couple more being active IM players... >> >>As far as going on 'feeling' and not 'fact' that is simply wrong. I haven't >>seen any great results by computers against GM players at 40/2. Drawing Karpov >>is not bad. But he is a long way from a 2700 player today... Once I see that > >After all these years of reading Bob's posts, I've finally caught him making an >ill-informed comment! Karpov's rating IS 2700. Follow the link below to see the >official FIDE ratings: > >http://www.worldfide.com/fide/html/top100men.html The point is not karpov's rating but the level of him today. If you have more than 2700 and lose some games your performance may be 2600 but your rating can decrease only to 2700. karpov won anand one year ago when he had unfair advantage(anand was tired after playing many games). karpov is today older and his ability today is not the same as some years ago so it is logical to assume that his real ability is closer to 2600. Another point is that the game were not 120/40 but 90/40+30/game. It is an important fact because karpov got a clear advantage in the game and maybe he could win if he had more time on the clock. Uri
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